Carburetor



March 4. 1924. 1,485,759

F. C). BALL CARBJHETOR Filed Dec. 28 1916 3 Sheets-Sheet l March 4- 1924.

F. O. BALL CARBURETOR Jak lll/lill F. O. BALL CARBUBETOR March 4 1924.

Patented Maiu,` 1924.

` UNITED STATES' PATENToi''FIcE.

FREDERICK o. BALL, orl DETROIT, tucuman, ASSIGNOR 'ro RAL; a RARI. OARRURRTOR comm, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OR moment..

CARBUBETOB.

Application led December 28, 1916.* fSeria1 No.' 139,391.

To all whom; z'tmay concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK O. BALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan',have invented new and useful Improvements vin Carburetors, vof which the' llowing is a specification. l This invention. relates to carburetors and consists in certain improvements the construction thereof as will be hereinafter fully .described and pbinted out in the'claims. The invention is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings as follows Fig. 1 shows aside elevation of thecarburetor.

Y Fi 2 is a section on the lines 2-2 in Figs Fig. 3 is a section onthe-lines 3`3 in Figs.' 4, 7 and 8. j 2 0 Fig. 4 is a section on thelines 4 4 in Figs. 6,7 andS.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 isa section on the line 6--6 in Fig. 4l 'F ig. 7- is a section on the lines 7--7 in'rFigs. 3 and 4. f

y Fig. 8 is a section on the .lines 8 -8 in Figs. 3 and 4. Y' l 1 marks the fuel or float` chamber, 2 the inlet to this chamber, 3 the float valve, 4 the stein running from the float valve, 51m-stem -guide in the cover 6, 7 a spool secured to the stein 4, 8 weighted levers engaging the spool and pivoted on the projections 9 in the cover and 10. the float arranged around the stein 4 and operating on the levers 8. So far as the invention involved in this application is coucerned, this oat chamber is, ory may be of .any com-mon construction. Y

.A fuel outlet llfroni the iloat chamber. ex-

tends into a projection 12. A vertical opening 13 is arranged in this, projection 'and a from thc opening 17 and this extends into an enlarged opening 19 in which a screw-20 is placed, the screw forming a closure for the through this screw and the How may end of the passage 19'. The screw has a longitudinal passage 21`which with the screw 55 in place forms a continuation of thepassage 18. .Radial openings 22 extend from the. longitudinal passage 21. The capacityof the passage is determined by the o enings 1 lie thus controlled by substituting screws having openings" of different capacities. i An upright passage 23 extends from the passage 19. This'passage is also arranged in a projection in the body'of the carburetor 65 A screw 24 is arranged in the "passage 23. The screw being. slightly smaller in diameter than the passage 23 forms anannular passage 25. The lower end of the passage 23 is reduced in size formingja closure shutting off the annular passage 25 from the passage 19,' A central passage 27- is arranged in the screw 24. Radial openings 28,.are arranged' .inthe screw and these openings are approximately at, but preferably slightly below the -I fuel level A- A The position of the openings 28 with relation to thisfuel level may be varied by adjusting the screw 24 up or down as the conditions may require as will be more fully explained. i

A passage 29 leads from the passage 25 to. an annular chamber 30.- The annular chamber 30 is preferably formed on the outer Walls of the Venturi tube 3 1, the Venturi tube having its upper -end screw-threaded and being screwed into the suction passage of the carburetor. Spray nozzles 33 extend through the walls of the Venturi tube and extend upwardly from the chamber 30 preferably on a slant and terminate inthe' Venturi passage 9b away from the walls ofthe Venturi tube. The upper ends of these'spr'ay nozzles are above the fuel level. A

The Venturi tube has the discharge e'nd 34,

inlet end 35 and the point of greatest restric- 9o tion at 36.A The' taper v` of the portion 35 is more abrupt than tlie'taper of the'fdischar eV side of the tube, the angles being lpreferab y about 30C and vf for these tapers.` f

A. passage 37 connects the'upper the passage 25 with the mixin -cha'niber8.

To more perfectly atomize t e-fuel'isftne of the principal objectsfof this finvention. The atomization of the fuel is ordinarily acs coinplished by subjecting it to the action of a' 105 current of air." A'current of higher veeiid of 10oV le small resi.

locity is more effective than a current of low velocity and consequently it is desirable to subject the fuelto air at as high a velocity as practical. (.)n the other hand. the velocity .p6 is dependent on the suction and if the restriction is inereasedso as to increase thc suction and lthe velocity, the resistance -oliered to the engine is increased which, of course, is undesirable. To get. high velocity with as rnce as possible. the restriction is ordinarilyifformed by a Venturitube and the nozzlefor fuel delivery is commonly made at a point iu the Venturi tube' having high velocity.

This highfyeloeitv in the Y nl uri tube also results in a .inarked reduction in the pressure of theaiifattbis point-Itho higher the `velocity,v thelower the. pressure. 'lhe pres- .sure also at the point of high velocity in the following constructions A passage 39 extends through .the lwalls.. of. the carburetor from the annular passage ,30 and is connected by a tube 40 with the passage 41. This passage has a closure 42 at-its upper'end arid a. screw'43 Veirtends through it into the suction passage -above Athe throttlee.

The screw 43has the passage 44 extending the structure shown comes from the intake.

.35 thefuel is suhjc'cted to a current of higlrsand flow of fuel is not coincident and in y 4U passing through the Venturi tube and is i Attempts have been milde i0 OVelCOme the 8fof the: carburetor. This may be"adjusted 26 Venturi tube isvery -much belowthcpresto give perfect idling. 85 sure inthe mixing chamber, notwithstand- Another important factor in carburetor ing the fact that the How through the Ven designing is the -pro r pro ortioning of the turi tube is induced `by the reduced presfuel and air.` The ow of nel-is usuallyinsure in the mixing chamber. .I have taken duced by the suction in the suction passage. advantage'of this variation in pressure' to In order to have the flow of fuel cease as create a current. of air into which the fuel the suction ceases, it 'has been common to may be fed so that. it may be :itemized not have the end of the nozzlesomewhat above only by the main flow of air through the the fuel level. 4Before any'fuelis delivered suction passage but.' also by this current of 1n such a construction anmitial `suction sufair passing from the mixing chamber ficlent to overcome the-.head represented by through a bypass to the point of lower presthe dlti'erence between the fuel level'and sure in the Venturi tube. In the construe-'Whe helght'of the nozzle must be created. tion shown, the links in this circuit are the This suction is usually .accompanied by .a passages 37, 25, 29, 30 and 33. In this way flow of air so that.theinitial` flow of air velocity in the bypass. formed by the pagc'onsequence the flow of a`ir and fuel with insages just named and reaches the nozzles ClGISlIlg Suction d0 110i? IOdllce, Wllen plotin.the form of an emulsion or spray. This ted, coincident curves, 'a though the-curves spray-is then subjected to the current of air .a5 a Whole may follow tllesilm glll'lll lawstill further'v atomized. The result is an feci? 0f illiS llgaiiv@ head in diffrent Ways, almost. complete atomizaton with theA resulti mOSll COmIHOn 0f which iS t0 provide n ing possibility ot" using anyfuel with greater yielding air valve which retards the flow of; etlieiency and also making it 'possible to use au' soas to produce an inltial head necessary 45 less volatile fuel. to bring the fuel to the level of the nozzle.

The. point Aof lowest pressure in the Ven- In biS iIl\'I1ii0n-, ihiSIliliCult-yis cile@ turi tube is adjacent to the wall f that, tively Obvlitcd because the Openings 2S may tube. immediately above the throat but if the b@ Plated at the .fuel level. This iS pOSSible spray of fuel is delivered at this point it because-the disehargeends of the nozzles U0 tends to follow up the walls of the Venturi 13 are above/the level `21nd plevlts'leklge tube andv does not. get into position to be lVith the first flow1 ofA air t ircugh the Venbrought int-cOutact with the. larger volturi tube a flow of air is induced through inne of airlf Forthis reason, I have extendthe bypass taking up and breaking into a ed the nozzles to a point away from the spray the fuel de osited in the passage 29 55 walls ofthe Venturi tube, and -to a position and well 30. The 'pass and well are swept that willdeliver the spray to a point where clear of liquid fuel. The level of the dis# the ni'ain volume of air passes. This point charge ends of the nozzles do not form a ot delivery reduces the velocity through gravity head while the carburetor is in op1 the. bypass somewhat but is more than eomeration, because nothing but spray passes 60 pensated for by the proper locating of the through them. Asares'ult. there lsno gravity 125 discharge end of the nozzles with relation head to overcome. On the contrary the botto the main cuig'ent. 'tom of the openings 28 may be, and for the It is desirable to provide means for giving idling device preferably are slightly below .a propei mixture or idling. In the presthe fuel level so that fuel is delivered into 66 ent. carburetor, this is accomplished by the the air-.stream by saidsuction augmented by the. operation ofthe carburetor has-pro -gressed to nearly its maximum capacity, there is sufficient variation in the proportions ordinarily to nialreit desirable to augment the air slightly. tions is caused b v the obstruction formed by the nozzles in the air passage. 'I have provided for-this by the utilization of an auxiliary air passage 48. A valve carrier 49 isscrewed in this passage. A yoke 50 is mounted on the carrier and a pin 51 extends inwardly from the yoke. A valve 52 `is slidingly mounted on the pin 5l and seats on the end of the carrier 49 and controls an opening 53j A spring 54 is Y arranged between the-valve and the head 55 ou the pin 5l. The spring is sotensioned that the valve opens only in the later ranges of the throttle opening. i

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So far as the feeding pf fuel spray through the nozzles 33 is concerned thebottom of the openings 28 may be at the fuel level thus eliminating any gravity head. With the minute quantity 'delivered through the idling nozzle-44 a very nice adjustment of this level is desirable to get the bestresnlt's .The

adjustment of the level may be desirable, houever. for the feeding of fuel through the nozzles The relative. adjustmentso as to form the gravity head'has'heretofore been accomplished'by variations of adjustment in the float chamber. In thisinvention laccomplish this adjustment by 'varying the height of the radial openings 28 in' the screw of these openings is varied.' As before 'stated the air sweeps the Well 30 clear of liquid position ot the `l'iassagr 28,

It will' be noted, therefore, that in this construction the fuel is subjected to the sucfuel so that the head is determined by the .tion incident to tlf're'reduced pressure of the mixing chamber and the pressureheadthus effected the ,fuel-.in the float chamber being under atmospheric pressure) variesas the pressure -in theiixing chamber varies. The passages 37,25, .29 and well 30 have a capacity suflicient to conununicate approximately full mixing chamber pressure tothe fuel and the nozzles are relatively so small as not to disturb this pressure condition on 4the fuel conduit.discharging through the, opening 28. In addition to this there may be, if

5 5 desired' also agravity head, ordinarily verv This disturbance in propor-' Slight, but `which may be adjusted "my closely by the screw 24; and is of a special advantage with relation tothe idling nozzle 44. Itwill also be noted the passage 37 leads from a point in the mixing chamber alwa s having, while -air isv .owing' through At e mixing chamber, higher ressure'than exists at the discharge end o the nozzle 33 so4 that the air always moves in one direction through the bypass and' in quantities' to spray the fuel through the wel-l and nozzles. As stated, with thisv device the nega-tive head is eliminated. This is true so long as there is sutlicient air current through the Venturi tube and the nozzles to spray the liquid in the well. But when the throttle is sufficiently closed to reduce the velocity .of this air current to such an extent that -it will not affect. this spraying action the well then lls with li uid and' if fuel were continued to be.fed t rough' the nozzles it Awould be' subjected to a-ne ative head equal to the height of the ends'o Y the nozzle abo'v the fnellevel. With the slight velocity of air under these. 'conditions-t is would'not be suiicient to..feed fuel and the engine would stpp. JWith the two-stage carburetor here shown thiscondition is retarded very much because the primary carburetor-is so small that' the high velocity through the Venturi tube iscontinued to .'very nearly'the.

.pontof' closing the throttle. The, bypass, however, leading to abovev the throttle is given in this construction a peculiar relation in'that it takes upthe fuel from the well when the'conditions through the Venturi tube otherwise bring Vabout a negative head and this rapid velocity through the' bypass to -above 'the throttle vcontinues the spraying action'and consequently continues the carburetorin action with a small gravity head.

-This is particularly important :in idling stages of running asit is at this point that it is diiicult to maintain the proper rela- 'tious as to fuel andair. 24. By adjusting the screw 24 the'height lVhenthe throttle is suddenly opened 'the supply of fuel must be-moment-.uily augmented to compensate for .the greater inertia of the fuel than' air and consequently its more sluggishresponse to the new condi-Y tion, as well as conditions between thecarburetor and the engine. Devices, ordinarily' called pick-up devices have been devised for this purpose. In the present construction this is accomplished as follows: The screw 15 has a passage 56 extendingdownwardly from its upper end, this passagev opening into a cylinder or. chamberl 57. A'radial opening. 58through the wall of the screw con nects the passages .17 and 56. A ,plunger 59 operates in the cylinder 57 and is`ma-intained' against a collar or 'dlosure/ plate 60 by means of the spring 61. A. stem 62-ex tends upwardly from the plunger 59 through anopening 63 in the closnreplate't). -The 'stem has' a@ central bore Get andthis-is providcdwv-ith theradial openings 65 which-are above the-plate 60' with the` plunger in its ,lower position as shownf inl Fig.- 3. The e portion above' theI plate- G0 formsa chainber or well 66 and this isf connected? by a -v passage 6T with: the mixing" chamber;- the end of the paa'ge 67 terminating in a nozzle 68 which' extends out sufiiciently to 10J deliverfuelinto'the main airiow through thesuctioir passage. 'Phe' chamber 66' is put into communication' with the: atmosf pherefby a: passage 69" at itstop;

A- stem 62 extendst-hroughrthe top-of the wchamber 66 andl is in' the path of a projectionA -70 01'1- a= lever T1. The lever 7:1 is ivotally mounted' on: the body of the'car- Y uretor by means' of a pin' 72 (sce Fig. 5).

The' level" 7-'1 terminatesin acam surface 73= which is in the path-ofl a roller 74! mounted on a' 'rock armA 75.5 The' rock arm. 75 is' mounted on the shaft 47': which carries theA throttlei6V andi is locked tliereo'n by' means of the pin: 76'. `Vifhenithe throttle is elosed the position oi"I the rock arm 75 is such asv toipemnit/ the spring l61 to force the plunger and? tiie..-lever. 71: to their upper positions. The' fuel flows through the opening 58 to the passage 56'x and cylinder or chamber 57..

i 3W-Wlienf the tlirot'tle is opened, the rock' arm through-'the roller 741 acting on' thecam surface 7-3- moves the lever 71v downwardly;`

-forcing thestem' 62 and with it the plunger 59 downwardly and: this downwardl movemen forces fuel' upwardly through the bore 64 and'openings intothe well or'chamber 66;.the opening 58 resisting a baeleflow suiiif ciently'to'accoinplish this purpose. Ilike inlowingr-air sprays this fuel through the -nozzie 88v and! thus supplements the. normal -supply througir the nozzles 33 so as to give to the carburetor the necessary fuel for pick-upc I' prefer to provide the' lever 71"\vith a surface 77 which willi permit oi' the move-V ment of the rock arm 75 without actuating the lever i 1v 'after the plunger is depressed. -lnasniut-h as it is desirable' tox have the picl -up acromplishedv with a. slight movement ot' the throttle, the can 73 is so formed as to complete the movement oi' the plunger l with a very slight nioveni'nt of the throttle and' then by means of the 'curved surface 77 topermit of a further movement of the rock arm without a further movement of .the

lever 71.

The carburetor is provided with the air intake fitting 78. This is provided with the usual choke valve 79. the choke valve being 00* mounted on a rock shaft 80. A lever 81 is fixed on thc rock sha-ft, the lever being provided with a lug 82 which is operated by a screw 83 forthis purpose. A link 84 extends from the arm 81 to any convenient 5 point of operation. The choke valve varies the` initiali resistance to their flow' of air andv thus adjusts.- the proportioning of: the; air andy fuel: under different conditions, especially differences in temperature which effect the viscosity` ofthe fuel. The choke valve' 7" f in' ths'respoct operates.- in the usuali manner.

In order toget' high velocity through* the air passages of the carburetor so far as de*4 scribed", it is' necessary to reduce-the capacity oii thesev passages below what is vcommonly? desirable for thelnax-imum capacityoi". the carburetor. To take' care o' thisldiiculty, carburetors have'lbeen. formed .utilizing that portion of the'carburetorso far as described.'- as `a primary charburetor and bringing in. for the-maximum capacity of the carburetor 1' a secondary carburetor. This is provided in= the present carburetor as follows :'-Tlhe secondary carburetor hastheair passage 85-1 which is inclined' tothe line of air flow 85 through the mixin 'chamber so'that-the air entering through t iis p'assago'SS will enter the air flow tliroughthe mixing chamber with -asf little disturbance as possible. AJ' throttle' 86 isarranged inl the passage 85, 90 The throttle 86 is mounted: on a rock shaft' 8T.. An arm 88 is fixed `on the rockshaft 87- and a roller. 89 is mountedf on the end ofthe= rock shaft 87 in: the'path of the end of the lever 90. The lever 90 is rovided 9 5 witlr a' hub- 91 which is'v secured; onZ the rock shaft 4-7 of themain throttle by afpin 92'.

The end of the leven 90 is provided with a surface 93? which operates on the roller 89. The position` ofi ltheparts. is suchthat the 10U surface 93V on the end of thelever picks up theroller 89just before the full opening? of thethrot'tlellG andiwiththe slight continued movement of the throttle 4H to. bring' it to full opening, the throw of the l'ever 90 is Suf- 1.05'

ficientto-openthethrottle 86. A spring 94 extends from lug 95 on the body of the carburetor toI a' pin.V 96: on the rock arm 88,

this pin: being also utilized for the bearing-1' for the' roller 89; .-The spring closes., the 110' throttle 86 :is tlie'lever 90`is retracted.

A Venturi tube 97 is; arranged in the pas= sage- 85 and'. has discharg -and inlet angles 98 and 99 arranged substantially as are the angles on the Venturi tube 31'. An annular 115 groove is formed in the outer surfaeeof' the Venturi ltube so that when the tube placed in-the passa-ge 85- it forms an annular chamber 100- surrounding the Venturi tube. .A passage 101 leads from the annular chain-j 120 b r 100 tothe passage 102.. The passage'A 182v is connected' with a passage 103, and the passage 4103 by a passage 104- With fthe' chamber or passa e 17. and is thus put into' communication with the iioa't chamber.' A '125 screw 105 is placed' ilthepassage 102' and this screw has an opening 106 which is in immediate communicationvith the passage" 103. The screw does not fill'the passage 102 and forms a chamber 107 which is closed 13 at its outer end by theshoulder' 10d on the- -sc rew. Radial openings 109 connect the interior of the screw'with the chamber 107. The annular chamber 100 is put intov communication with the mixing chamber by a.

passage 11'0. This passage is formed by merely fiattemng a portion of the end of the -Venturi tubeso that it ivillnot come into contact with the Walls-'of the passage 85. Nozzles 111 extend from the bottom of the annular chamber' 100 through the walls of the Venturi tube, the point'of discharge being just above the vena contracta of the Venturi tube.` Two. nozzles are' preferably used as shown in Fig. 8.

The secondary carburetor, therefore, operates on the same principle as does the primary carburetor, that is to say, the fuel Vis subjected to an air current formed in.

the bypass made up of the passage 11()l and the annular chamber or assage 100 so that the 'fuel is sprayed an delivered at the nozzle'lll as an emulsion and has, therefore, a preliminary breaking up or atomiza.

tion which is completed byl the action of the air taking up the'j spray from the' nozzle.

T-he throttle is operated by any desired mechanism, as for instance, the link 112 which is secured to the throttle lever 90 by meansl of a pin 113. Different adjustments of the flow of fuel to lthe secondaryl carburetor are accomplishedby providing the screws 105 having passages of different capacities. A

I claim as new 1s:-

What

' A 1. In a carburetor, the combination of a mixing chamber; an air passage forminga restriction leading to the mixing chamber; a spray delivering device leadin toa and delivering a spray of fuel and a1r`to the restriction; a fuel conduit leading to and delivering fuel to the spray delivering de@ vice; meanscomprising a by ass leading from' the mixing chamber to t e spray de- -livering device for inducing a How of f uel tov thel spray delivering device, the' bypass having a capacityrelatively to the spray de livery device making the mixing. chamber pressures communicated through the bypass the dominant factor in the control of the flow of fuel from the conduit to the spray' delivering device.

2; In acarburetor, the combination* of'a mixing chamber; an air passage forming a restriction leading to the mixing chamber; a spray delivering device leading to and deliverlng a spray of fuel and airto the '.1 restriction; a fuel conduitleading to and .delivering fuel to the spraydelivering device; a bypass closed to theatmosphere leading from the mixing chamber to the spray delivering device, said bypasshaving a capacity relative to the spray delivering device to make the mixing chamber pressure l communicated through the bypass the dominant factor in the control of the feeding of fuel to the s ray delivering device.

3. In a car uretor, the combination of' a mixing chamber: an air passage forming a. `'restriction leading to the mixing chamber; a, spray delivering' device leading to and `ieliveringl fuel and air to the restriction; a fuel conduit leading to and delivering fuel to the spray'd'elivering device; and means delivering a continuous flow of air to the spray dehvering deviceand exerting a pressure control on'the fuel conduit the pressure of which varies as the mixing chamber pressure varies.

4. Ina carburetor, the combination of a mixing chamber; an air passage leading to Vthe mixing chamber'having a restrict-ion in the form of a. Venturi tube; a spray' delivering device comprising nozzles extending from the wall of the tubeand an. annular passagev surrounding the venturi tube and from which the nozzles lead; a fuel conduit delivering fuel. to the. annular passage; and a by pass leading from the mixing chamber to the annular passage for delivering air to the spray delivering device and for comf municating a controlling pressure to the fuel f in the fuel conduit. 3

. 5. In a carburetor, the combination of a' mixing chamber; an air passage forming a restriction leading to the mixing chamber;

a throttle valve at the discharge of the mixing chamber; aspray 'delivering device leading to and delivering a spray of fuel and air to the restriction; a. fuelconduit leading to and delivering fuel' to the spray delivering device; a bypass closed to the atmosphere Aleading from the mixing chamber to the spray delivering device, widbypass having a capacity relative to the spray delivering device to make the mixing chamber pressure -1' ic point at the its air to the restriction; a fuel Aconduit leading i to and delivering fuel to the spray deliv- 'ering device; mechanism for varying the level of the'point of discharge of the fuel conduit; means comprisinga bypass leading from the mixing chamber to the spray delivering device for inducing a How of fuel to the spray delivering device, the bypa' having a capacity relatively to thesprayV deliverydevice making the mixing chamber pressures communicated through the bypass thel dominant factor in the control of the iso y bypass leading from the spray delivering device to a point at the discharge side of the throttle.

7. In a carburetor, the combination of. a

i suction passage; a throttle valve in the suction passage ;'a spray delivering device leading-.to and.delivcring a spray of fue-l and air to the suction passage nearer the intake than the throttle, said spray .device comprising a well; a fuel conduit leading to the well; an airconduit leading to the well from a. source'h'aving a higher pressure than the suction passage at the point of'delivery of the spray device; said` conduit having acapacity with relation to the spray delivering device to. supply air for spraying the/fuel from the Well through the spray delivering device; and a bypass leading from the well `.to the suction passage, at the discharge side of the throttle, thebypa leading from a point in the well at approximately the same level as that -partofthe.spray delivering device leading from the well to the suction passage, *whereby4 the fuel delivered to the bypass is in the form of aspray making the influence of gravity on the fuel in the bypass negligible.

f 8. In a carburetor, the combination of a suction,passage; a throttle valve in the suc- -tion passage; a spray delivering device leading to' and delivering a spray of fuel and air to the suction passage nearer the intake than the throttle, said spray vdevice comprising a well; a fuel conduit leading to the well and deliveringfuel thereto by gravity; an airconduit leading to the well from a source having a higher pressure than the suction passage, at the point of deli-very of the spra device, said conduit liaving'a capacity wit relation to the spray delivering device' to supplyair for spraying the fuel from the well through the spray delivering device; and a bypa leading from the well to the suction passage at the discharge side of the throttle, the bypass leading from a point in the well 'at approximately the samelevel as that part of the spray delivering device leading from the well to the suction passage,

whereby the fuel delivered to the bypass is inthe form of a sprayA making the influence of gravity on the fuel in the bypass negligib e 9. In a. carburetor, the combination of a mixing chamber; a Venturi.tube leading to the mixing chamber; an annular passage surrounding the Venturi tube; a series of nozzles passing from the annular passage throughv the walls of the Venturi tube; a bypass from the annular chamber to the mixing chamber; and means for supplying fuel to the annular chamber. 10. In a carburetor, the combination of a mixing chamber; a Venturi tube leading to slant level therein; a suction passage; a wellliaving an air current passing therethrough induced by the action of the air i`n the suction passage discharging into the suc-tion passage; a fuel delivery passage leading from the fuel chamber and havinga point of discharge into the well; and devicesl for adjusting the level of the point of discharge of the fuel delivery passage.

12. In a carburetor, the combination of a fuel chamber; means for maintaining a constant level therein; a suction passage; a well having an air current passing therethrough induced by the action'of the air in the suction passage and4 discharging into the suc tion passage;a fuel delivery passage' leading from the fuel chamber .and having a vpoint of discharge into the well below `the fuel level; and devices for adjusting the level ofthe point-of discharge of the fuel delivery passage.

13. In a carburetor, the'combination of a fuel chamber; means for maintaining a constant level therein; a suction passage; a. fuel delivery passage leading to said suction passage; and a hollow screw in ,said fuel delivery passage, said screw having openings forming a part of the delive passage, the elevation of which may be a justed by said screw to vary the eiect -0 gravity in the discharge of fuel. f

14. In a carburetor, the combination ofa fuel chamber; means for maintaining a constant level therein; a suction passage; gl. throttle in the suction passage; a bypass leading from below to above the throttle; and means for delivering fuel to said bypass comprising means for adjusting the level of the discharge of i'uel.to the by? pass.

l5. Iii a carburetor, the combination of a `fuel chamber; means for maintaining a. conrestriction; a branch from said bypass eX- tending to a point above the throttleg u con-.

neetion between the fuel elnunber and said bypass; andnneens for varying the level of the discharge of said connection to the bypass.

17. In a' carburetor, the combination of a constant level fuel chamber; a suction pussage; a throttle valve in the suction passage nbove tbe fuel level ot' tbe clutnibei;usp1ny delivering device leading to and delivering a spray of fuel and air to the suction passage nearer the intake than the throttle, seid. spray device receiving its fuel from the chamber at approxinnitely the fuel level and delivering it in tbe forni 0i' a spray to the vsuction passngeg'and e bypass receiving)r fuel and air.r at approximately the fuel level of the fuel cli-amber and leading to n point at the discharge Side of the throttle, the air spraying the fuel and carrying the same tlirougl1 the by ass in the forni of :i spray whereby the in uence of prztvlty on the fuel in the bypass is negligiile.

In testnnony whereof I lieve hereunto set; my hand.

FREDERICK O, BALL., 

